A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.8599 West, latitude -30.5669 South, depth = 21.1 km. The temblor was detected at 22:43:29 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.1 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 01:43:29 / November 3, 2015 @ 1:43 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200041hl. Id of event: us200041hl.
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Monte Patria, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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